This PDF A Resident’s Guide to Pediatric Rheumatology covers the
following topics related to Rheumatology : Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical
Assessment, Approaches and Differential Diagnoses for Common Complaints Referred
to Pediatric Rheumatology, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus and Related Conditions, Systemic Vasculitis, Idiopathic
Inflammatory Myopathies, Scleroderma and Related Syndromes, Autoinflammatory
Diseases, Uveitis, Inflammatory Brain Diseases, Infection and Infection-Related
Conditions, Pain Syndromes, Pediatric Rheumatology Emergencies, Medications.
Rheumatology is a sub-specialty in internal
medicine, devoted to diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. This book
deals mainly with clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune
diseases, vasculitides, and heritable connective tissue disorders.
In recent years, the treatment of
Rheumatoid Arthritis has undergone tremendous changes due to methotrexate and
biologics in large part. Until a decade ago, avoiding joint destruction in
rheumatoid arthritis was not realistic for rheumatologist. Ideas that have been
described in these articles help the reader to resolve the outstanding issues in
rheumatoid arthritis.
This guide
explains the following topics: Crystal-induced Arthritis, Infectious Arthritis,
Metabolic and Bone Disease, Inflammatory Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid
Arthritis, Soft Tissue and Regional Rheumatic Disease, Spondyloarthropathies,
Systemic Rheumatic Disease and Vasculitis.
Author(s): George T Griffing and Herbert S Diamond
This article
explains the following topics: Diagnostic Considerations, Cubital Tunnel
Syndrome: Causes and Symptoms, Radial Tunnel Syndrome: Causes and Symptoms and
Treatments for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome and Radial Tunnel Syndrome.
This article explains the following topics related to
Interphalangeal Joint Arthritis: Repair of the Degenerated PIP Joint, The
Arthritic PIP Joint, Anatomy of the PIP Joint, Arthroplasty of the PIP Joint,
Arthrodesis of the PIP Joint, Patient Care after PIP Surgery, Complications
after PIP Surgery, Long-term Patient Monitoring, Outcome and Prognosis.
This article explains the following topics related to Intersection
Syndrome: Imaging Studies, Histologic Findings, Electrodiagnostic Testing,
Medical Therapy, Surgical Therapy, Intraoperative Details, Postoperative
Details, Follow-up, Complications, Outcome and Prognosis, Future and
Controversies.
This article covers the
following topics related to Surgical Treatment of Lateral Compartment Arthritis:
Manifestations of Disease, Diagnosis of Disease, Nonoperative Treatment,
Surgical Options, Corrective Osteotomy, Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty and
Total Knee Replacement.